Dong Zhuo immediately understood what Li Ru meant, and his expression was extremely shocked. He stared at Li Ru with wide eyes, and the cold murderous aura almost tore Li Ru to pieces.

"Do you want me to exterminate my race?" Dong Zhuo scolded coldly, "Your heart is full of resentment towards the first emperor and resentment against the traitorous eunuch, but the first emperor has returned to heaven, and the traitorous eunuch has been punished, why can't you give up your hatred?" ”

"My lord......" Li Ru bowed and said, "Rather than handing over your own life to others, it is better to control other people's lives yourself." ”

"When today's son is young, the Queen Mother is in charge. The fact that women are in charge of the government is known to the whole world to be harmful to the country. Who is responsible for today's difficulties in Luoyang? Do you know what else she will do to harm society in the future? After the Luoyang Rebellion, does the Queen Mother believe in Taifu or believe in you? If the lord does not leave the capital, he will inevitably be attacked and constrained by the queen mother and the princess; If the lord leaves the capital, the queen mother, the princess and the ministers of the various lords and clans will definitely fight for power and profit, how can Luoyang be stable? Luoyang is unstable, how can the country be peaceful? How can the people live and work in peace? ”

Li Ru said impassionedly: "The lord is an important minister of the country, full of the emperor's grace, in today's national crisis, you should stand up, follow the law of Yiyin and Huo Guang, and set up a new monarch to protect the society and the world." ”

Dong Zhuo slowly stood up, glared at Li Ru fiercely, and then flicked his sleeves to go.

Li Ru hurriedly walked a few steps, grabbed Dong Zhuo, and said loudly: "Lord, once you set up the young master, you will be the minister of the auxiliary, and you can control the authority of the country in an instant, and the Great Han Kingdom is in your hands alone, who in the world dares not to obey?" After Luoyang is stabilized, even if it is Yuan Kui, Lu Zhi and others, how dare they compete with the lord? How dare you disobey the decree of the Son of Heaven and waste state affairs? Even Li Yi, who is far away in the north. It's not impossible for the lord to hold it! ”

"It is especially important that the establishment of King Chen Liuwang as emperor can not only relieve the hidden worries of Yuan Kui and the ministers of the Shi clan, but also conform to the wishes of Liu Yu, the imperial lieutenant, and Li Yi, the hussar general. In other words, there must be no resistance to the dethronement of the lord. There is no military disaster outside, but it is a great cause to respond to the heavens and revitalize the society, that is, the spirit of the first emperor in the sky, and he will wholeheartedly protect the lord to fulfill his unfulfilled wishes. ”

Dong Zhuo sneered: "You're right, I also want to be Yi Yin and Huo Guang, and I also want to be above 10,000 people under one person, but if I don't have a head, I can't even think about it." There is no commitment from Yuan Kui and Li Yi. Without the support of Yuan Kui and Li Yi, I would never have done such a deviant and outrageous thing. ”

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An hour later, He Hao came to Ping Optimistic again.

He Hao said to Dong Zhuo: "Taifu played General Dong's words to the Queen Mother, but the Queen Mother, considering the safety of the Son of Heaven, did not agree with General Dong to lead the army into the city. The Empress Dowager said that General Dong had made great contributions to stabilizing the situation in Luoyang, and that he should be rewarded when the Son of Heaven was freed from difficulties. ”

Dong Zhuo said: "If you can't rescue the Son of Heaven immediately." The life of the Son of Heaven is in danger. Once something happens to the Son of Heaven, when will Luoyang be stable? So I'm going to go into town tomorrow. ”

He Hao said: "The Queen Mother disagrees. General Dong led the army into the city without authorization, but it was a capital crime. Is the general going to attack Luoyang? ”

Dong Zhuo sneered: "Please Mr. He to play the Empress Dowager on my behalf, if Luoyang is in chaos and the Hussar General's expedition fails, he is bound to personally go south to solve all the problems in Luoyang, including the imperial system." ”

He Hao sighed: "Wait for the hussar general to go south." The Great Han Kingdom is already crumbling, and it is too late. ”

Dong Zhuo's heart moved, and he secretly exchanged a look with Li Ru, and said to He Hao: "Mr. He, let's return as soon as possible." ”

As soon as the words fell, Dong Zhuo turned around and walked out of the big tent.

Li Ru waited for Dong Zhuo to go away. He sighed quietly and said to He Hao: "Boqiu, my lord said that he needs to get the promise of Taifu and the hussar general. ”

He Hao asked in surprise, "You convinced him?" ”

Li Ru stretched out his hand to touch the scar on his face, and said helplessly: "The hussar general is now far away, what's the use of me convincing my lord?" ”

"That's what we're expecting." He Hao happily patted Li Ru on the shoulder, "Before the Hussar General Li Yi went on the Northern Expedition, he had already handed over all the power to deal with affairs outside the Northern Xinjiang to Shi Kozhun, the head of the Hussar General's Mansion. As long as Kou Zhun can come, the big thing can be decided. ”

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August 27, early morning.

He Hao came to the Northern Army camp again. This time, he came with Shangshu Zhou Yu and Wu Qiong, the captain of the city gate.

Zhou Bi is a native of Wuwei and met Dong Zhuo in his early years. Wu Qiong was the subordinate of the former Liao general Zhang Huan, and had fought side by side with Dong Zhuo on the frontier for many years.

The three of them brought Yuan Kui's secret letter.

In his letter, Yuan Kui said nothing about his deposition, but he made clear his support for all of Dong Zhuo's efforts to stabilize Luoyang. Yuan Kui said that Zhang Rang had already offered to take the Son of Heaven to Qingzhou to join the Taiwei Liu Yu, and considering the safety of the Son of Heaven, he had agreed. As long as Dong Zhuo was ready for everything, he would let Zhang Rang out of the city and give Dong Zhuo the credit for saving the driver, so that Dong Zhuo could enter Luoyang justifiably.

In the morning of the same day.

Kou Zhun arrived at Ping Optimistic with the exhaustion of the guards.

The first thing Kou Zhun said when he saw Dong Zhuo was: What is General Dong still hesitating about? Why don't you enter Luoyang? The general is in charge of the government in Luoyang, and the lord of my family is guarding the border fortress in the northern Xinjiang, and the Han Kingdom is just around the corner.

When he said this, Kou Zhun muttered in his heart: Lord, you let me release the demon in Dong Zhuo's heart, I really don't know what the result will be! I hope your decision this time is as correct as ever, otherwise we will all die without a place to bury.

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In the afternoon of the same day, Dong Zhuo finally made a decision.

Niu Fu, Hu Zhen and others led an army of 10,000 to enter Pingxing.

Dong Zhuo and Kou Zhun galloped towards Xiaopingjin with Dong Min and a thousand iron horsemen, who had gone out of the city to meet.

On August 27, late at night, the Yellow River Xiaopingjin Ferry.

Zhang Rang and Duan Qi held the Son of Heaven and Chen Liuwang, and rushed to the bank of the Yellow River with dozens of remaining Zhonghuang horsemen.

In charge of escorting them were Shang Shuling Lu Zhi and Henan Yin Wangyun's subordinate Peng Min Gong in the middle.

At this time, Dong Zhuo and Kou Zhun galloped over with iron horses.

Zhang Rang and Duan Jue were shocked and threatened Dong Zhuo with the lives of the Son of Heaven and King Chen Liu.

Kou Zhun pointed at Zhang Rang and scolded: "If you kill the Son of Heaven and King Chen Liu, will the imperial rule of my Great Han Kingdom be severed?" There are all emperors in the vassal kingdom, why should I worry that there is no emperor in my Han country? ”

Zhang Rang and Duan Qi had colorless faces, knowing that their lives were dead. Zhang Rang gently let go of the crying Son of Heaven, kowtowed goodbye: "The ministers will say goodbye to Your Majesty, and I hope Your Majesty will love and cherish yourself." ”

Immediately, he and Duan Qi threw themselves into the river and died. Some of the other eunuchs jumped into the Yellow River with them, and some were chopped to pieces by the iron horsemen who swarmed up.

Dong Zhuo turned over and dismounted, strode to the Son of Heaven and bowed.

When the Son of Heaven saw Dong Zhuo, who was as strong as a hill, he was so frightened that his face turned pale, and he cried even more.

Dong Zhuo snorted coldly and said loudly: "The minister's armor is on his body, so he can't pay a full salute." Today's disaster in Luoyang is all caused by His Majesty's favor and treacherous eunuchs, and His Majesty's responsibility is not small. ”

Peng Mingong, who was in the middle of the Son of Heaven, scolded loudly when he heard this: "Dong Zhuo is rude. ”

Dong Zhuo stood up straight, pointed at Min Gong and said coldly, "If you don't want to die, get out of here as soon as possible." ”

He beckoned back and said loudly: "Come on, escort back to Beijing." ”

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August 28, Luoyang.

Dong Zhuo escorted the young emperor back to the capital.

The Son of Heaven granted amnesty to the world, changed the name of the year, and changed the first year of Guangxi to the first year of Zhaoning. Worship the former general Dong Zhuo as the commonplace.

All the six seals of the emperor were found, but the imperial seal of the country was lost.

In the afternoon of the same day, the Nangong Jiade Palace.

Hundreds of officials gathered in the Jiade Hall to discuss the aftermath of the Luoyang Rebellion.

Because the Son of Heaven was frightened, he stayed in the Changqiu Palace to rest, and the court meeting was presided over by the Taifu Yuan Kui.

Yuan Kui faced the high dragon throne, loudly played the beginning and end of the great turmoil in Luoyang since the Wuchen Day (25th), announced the traitorous eunuchs who died in this chaos, the protégés of the eunuchs and the ministers belonging to the traitorous eunuchs, punished the traitors who attacked the palace and killed the chariot generals, and vigorously praised the former general Dong Zhuo for his contribution to quelling the Luoyang rebellion and saving the holy driver. Yuan Kui implored the Son of Heaven to reward Dong Zhuo and other meritorious officials who participated in quelling the rebellion.

After Yuan Kui finished speaking, Shangshu Xu Jing hurried to Changqiu Palace with Yuan Kui's recital.

Since the lieutenant was expelled from the palace, in order to ensure that the Empress Dowager He presided over the government smoothly, the contact between the ministers and the Empress Dowager was basically temporarily represented by several Shangshu of Shangshutai. Before Empress Dowager He did not come down, the Jiade Hall became a place where ministers gathered to talk and argue.

Yuan Kui, Yang Biao, Lu Zhi, Zhu Jun and others gathered around to talk, and Dong Zhuo, who was standing in the middle, deeply felt his own isolation, an isolation that could not be integrated into the scholars.

These ministers are all famous scholars and Confucians, all of them are knowledgeable and extraordinary, not to mention that they themselves put forward opinions, but it takes a lot of effort to understand what these people say.

Dong Zhuo felt inferior for the first time. Although Yuan Kui and the others took care of his face and didn't want to snub him, they often talked to him eloquently, and asked from time to time: "What does the general think?" ”

Dong Zhuo couldn't answer. He was very embarrassed, and he felt that Yuan Kui and these ministers were deliberately mocking and insulting him.

He even felt that these people had a deep contempt for themselves in their smiles. Dong Zhuo's face was feverish, and he was annoyed in his heart. He didn't know why he was angry, because he was a vulgar warrior, or because the people standing around him were famous people in the dynasty?

Are warriors vulgar? Huang Fu Gui, Zhang Huan, and Duan Cheng were all knowledgeable people. They used to have hundreds of disciples, but they were still not recognized by the scholars.

This is not a question of whether the warriors themselves are vulgar or not, but there is a deep-seated opinion in the hearts of the scholars, who believe that the warriors are vulgar.

Dong Zhuo was also familiar with the scriptures when he was young, and when he was conquered by the former Situ Chongsong as a historian, his articles were also praised by Chongsong.

Dong Zhuo doesn't think of himself as a vulgar martial artist. (To be continued.) )